Associate Professor in the Department of Business Policy
Academic Programme Director, GEMBA Programme
Academic training
Doctor en Administración y Dirección de Empresas. ESADE - Universitat Ramon Llull
Máster en Gestión y Políticas Públicas. Universidad Católica Boliviana
Licenciado en Economía. Universidad Católica Boliviana
Interest Areas
Internationalization and Globalization
Corporate Strategy
Strategic Management
Biography
Dr. Pedro Parada is Associate Professor in the ESADE Department of Business Policy and he currently serves as Academic Co-Director and Professor for the Global Executive MBA offered jointly with Georgetown University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the HEC School of Management in Paris and SDA Bocconi in Milan. In addition, he has coordinated and taught courses within the International Electives offered at Babson College. He has written articles, case studies and book chapters in English, Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Chinese and Portuguese. Dr. Parada holds a PhD in Management, a Master's in Public Policy and Management and an undergraduate degree in Economics. He was trained in the Case Method at the Harvard Business School. He has also participated in the Negotiations Program at Harvard and the Managing Change Program at MIT.
He has taught for and collaborated with private companies in a wide variety of industries, including banking and insurance (Banco Santander, BBVA, Bankinter, Banesto, "la Caixa", DKV Insurance, Ergo Group, AndBanc, BNB, etc.), telecommunications (Telefónica, Telecom Italia, etc.), consultancy and auditing (KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc.), service companies (Endesa, Agbar, Union Fenosa, Carlson Wagonlit, Correos de España, ADIF, etc.), industrial firms (Epson, Roland-DG, Arcelor, Roca, Pirelli and Altadis), food, beverage & agribusiness (Bunge, Bodegas Torres and The Eat Out Group) and pharmaceuticals-chemicals (Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, Bayer, Esteve, Almirall, Inibsa, etc.), among others. He also works with entrepreneurs in business incubator programmes in Catalonia and Andorra and business associations in Catalonia and Valencia. Prior to his current teaching responsibilities, he has also taught at various management schools, such as the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (India), De Baak (Holland), the Helsinki School of Management (Joko, Finland) and Tietoenator (Norway) and he has lectured on Strategy at the Universidad Católica de Bolivia. He has also worked in the cement industry and the UN Ministry of Finance.
Selected publications
Parada, P. (forthcoming). Como Preparar y Aprovechar la Expansión Global. Harvard Deusto Business Review, Junio 2012(6)
Almeida, P.; Hohberger, J. & Parada, P. (2011). Individual scientific collaborations and firm-level innovation. Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(6), 1571-1599.
Almeida, P.; Hohberger, J. & Parada, P. (2011). Informal knowledge and innovation. In M. Easterby-Smith, M. A. Lyles (eds.) (Ed.). Handbook of organizational learning and knowledge management (2nd ed.) (pp. 383-402). Chichester (U.K.): John Wiley & Sons.[ISBN: 978-0-470-97264-9]
Parada, P. (2010). Implementación de la estrategia. In Gloria Batllori (ed.) (Ed.). El MBA de ESADE: todos los conocimientos para alcanzar el éxito profesional (pp. 411-426). Barcelona: Planeta.[ISBN: 978-84-08-09449-4]
Parada, P. (2009). Strategy when government matters: How to implement non-market strategies. Effective ExecutiveXII(12), 48-54.
Parada, P. & Mir, X. (2009). Gestionando en tiempos de crisis. In M. Sbdar (ed.) (Ed.). Emprendedores: conocimientos y herramientas para complementar la pasión por hacer (pp. 106-115). Buenos Aires: iEco. Clarín. Materiabiz.[ISBN: 978-987-07-0599-4]
Parada, P. & Rufin, C. (Delivered). The paradox of multidomestic strategies in a globalizaing world: Evidence from non-market strategies in developing countries. Business & Society,
Almeida, P.; Hohberger, J. & Parada, P. (2008). Individual collaborations, strategic alliances and innovation: Insights from the biotechnology industry. In S. A. Shane (ed.) (Ed.). The handbook of technology and innovation management (pp. 353-364). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.[ISBN: 978-1-4051-2791-2]
Parada, P. & Franch, J. (2008). Team teaching. In P. Martensson, M. Bild & K. Nilsson (Ed.). Teaching and learning at Business Schools: Transforming business education (pp. 47-62). Aldershot: Gower.[ISBN: 978-0-566-08820-9]
Parada, P. & Planellas, M. (2008). Growth of firms through diversification strategies: Is there any difference between developed and emerging countries?. Peking University Business Review, 41(12), 124-127.
Parada, P. & Planellas, M. Diversification in developed and emerging countries: Facilitating the executive decision. Effective Executive11(5), 60-67.
Parada, P.; Moreira Ridsdale, J. R. & Bieto, E. (2007). Fast-growth companies on developed and developing economies: A comparative study on entrepreneurial and international diversification strategies. In A. Zacharakis, S. Alvarez, P. Davidsson, J. Fiet, G. George (Ed.). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research 2006: Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual entrepreneurship research conference (pp. 1-10). : Babson College.[ISBN: 978-0910897273]
Planellas, M. & Parada, P. (2007). ¿Qué es estrategia corporativa?. Harvard Deusto Business Review (153), 34-51.
Bieto, E.; Planellas, M. & Parada, P. (2006). Corporate entrepreneurship vs. corporate parenting: Do they fit together for creating value in the corporation?. In S. A. Zahra (ed.) (Ed.). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research 2005: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual entrepreneurship research conference (pp. 445-446). Wellesley, Mass. (U.S.): Babson College.[ISBN: 0-910897-26-3]
Parada, P. (2005). Què es pot aprendre de l'experiència a l'Amèrica Llatina?. Public (7), 5-6.
Parada, P. (2005). Internationalisation: trois choix fondamentaux. L'art du management (pp. 42-47). Paris: Dunod.[ISBN: 2-10-049686-7]
Parada, P. (2003). Estrategias de internacionalización: algunas preguntas clave. Iniciativa Emprendedora, (40), 65-81.
Parada, P. (2000). Análisis del entorno: una perspectiva desde la estrategia de negocio. Alta Gerencia, Noviembre-Diciembre(5), 57-66.
Contact
pedro.parada@esade.edu
Phone: +34 932 806 162 Ext. 2223
Fax: +34 932 048 105
Av. de la Torre Blanca, 59 E-08172 Sant Cugat
